Selected quad for the lemma: order_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
order_n	church_n	primitive_a	time_n	2,288	5	3.9470	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29561	The third speech of the Lord George Digby to the House of Commons concerning bishops and the citie petition the 9th of Febr. 1640	Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677.	1640 (1640)	Wing B4775; ESTC R210026	6,494	18

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